at 15:30 on 20-03-2016linkFor a brief space of time I was willing to give the latest sad puppy effort the benefit of the doubt, then I saw how nasty its proponents are being to authors who want off of their it's-not-a-slate, and I think Rachael Acks put it best: "Please, someone explain to me how I should see this as anything but transparently manipulative, wanky shit."

at 04:56 on 15-12-2015linkWho'd of thunk two more people on Ferretbrain have encountered The Dilbert Principle? I read it in elementary school, back when the only comic books available in the public library were collected newspaper strips and I read them all on principle. I remember being really disappointed by the book's almost complete lack of humour. Huh, I even read The Dilbert Future now that I think about it, though I can't remember much about it at all. I believe that was shortly before I gr...

at 06:16 on 09-07-2015linkWhile "Alice in Wonderland with a steampunk twist" is not exactly the most inspiring tagline, I believe this Kickstarter may be of interest to certain ferrets.

at 19:16 on 04-06-2015linkAncillary Sword made it past the rabid/sad puppy slates, and Three Body Problem sneaked in because a puppy candidate declined his nomination on the grounds of "I don't want to be associated with this mess". I think that's also the case for Goblin Emperor since Correia declined his nomination as well. The quality of work on the ballot this year in the short form categories has taken a huge dive from the usual mix of mediocre and not-so-mediocre right into "hang your head in sham...

at 04:50 on 01-06-2015linkThe Hugo nonsense has done a wonderful job of telling me whom to avoid in the sff community in the foreseeable future.

at 01:29 on 09-01-2015linkSad Puppies 3 is a go. It feels waaaaaaaay to early in the year for Hugo talk, and yet all my feeds are brimming with it.

at 20:05 on 13-11-2014linkThe source of the latest blowup is this. The initial blowup happened when Nick Mamatas publicly connected the identities on Ello.

at 01:01 on 13-11-2014linkRE: Imaro - Saunders wrote about his decision to swap out the story in his introduction to the Night Shade edition, and I think he's also written about it on his blog. The ebook doesn't have the intro or the other essays for copyright reasons.

at 05:35 on 12-11-2014linkHa! I actually recorded that podcast on A Canticle for Leibowitz a few weeks ago & only got 'round to posting it today. I had no idea there was a radio play. And since we're talking about ebook releases, I just learned that Charles Saunders' Imaro is now available as an ebook. Here's hoping the rest of the series follows soon.

at 05:53 on 05-11-2014linkPSA: Downfall is an excellent film and y'all should watch it you haven't already.